Mozambican national sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor

Staff Reporter | The Phokeng Magistrates’ Court sentenced Guilhermo Jose Thomas Uchaio (54), a Mozambican national, to life imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl. His conviction emanates from an incident that occurred on 20 November 2022 at Freedom Park, near Tlhabane, where the accused was a tenant at the complaint’s home. On the said day, […]

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A sergeant arrested for theft

Staff Reporter | The North West Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena commended the Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit (ACIU) for the arrest of Sergeant Tshepang Magodielo, aged 44. The accused who is attached to the Rustenburg Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit was arrested on  Wednesday, 20 September 2023. Reportedly, Magodielo claimed R12 […]

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A 21-year-old abandons bail after being linked with six charges

Just News | A 21-year-old Deflin Julies Visser who was successfully linked with six cases of burglaries and robberies, abandoned bail application when he made a second appearance before the Vryburg Magistrates’ Court on Friday,15 September 2023. The accused’s court appearance emanates from his arrest on Monday, 11 September 2023, during a Crime Intelligence driven […]

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One suspect shot dead when he exchanged fire with police during a business robbery

Just News | The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe hailed the good working relations between the Police and members of the communities following a foiled business robbery at Ritavi Policing area on Monday 18 September 2023. According to the information available members of the Mopani District […]

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Five drug traffickers to appear in court

Tebogo Msimanga | The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit in collaboration with the National Intervention Unit (NIU), the Hawks’ Tactical Operations Management Section (TOMS), Stilfontein Dog Unit, Potchefstroom Drug Task Team, Ekurhuleni District Task Team and Bad Boyz Security arrested five suspects aged between 30 and 51 on Wednesday 13 September 2023, for alleged […]

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A man sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife

Tebogo Msimanga | The Pretoria High Court on Tuesday sentenced Foster Maluleke (41), from Saulsville to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of his 33-year-old wife, Rirhandzu Life Shisana. In the early hours of 22 November 2021, Maluleke and his wife had an argument that led to a physical fight at their residence in Atteridgeville. […]

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A man died following a fight over alcohol,3 suspects arrested

Tebogo Msimanga | Three suspects aged between 18 and 19 were arrested by the Police in Barberton shortly after a man from the kingdom of Eswatini was murdered. The incident which is suspected to have been sparked by an argument over alcohol, occurred in the early hours of Saturday, 09 September 2023 around 02h00 am. […]

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A man sentenced to life in prison for raping his niece

Tebogo Msimanga | The Ga-Rankuwa Regional Court sentenced Simao Hlongwane (43), to life imprisonment for raping his 12-year-old niece. The court further ordered his name to be registered in the National Register of Sexual Offenders. It emerged during the trial that the complainant and her mother, who is the sister of the accused, were residing […]

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